(Elderly) people who are physically active appear to be at (lower) risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, as are those who eat a heart-healthy Mediterranean style diet, (rich) in fruits and vegetables and low in red meat. Now, a new study has found that the effects of the two lifestyle behaviors are independent — and (the) (benefits) (add) (up). The Columbia University study followed a diverse group of (1,880) septuagenarian (New) (Yorkers), assessing their diets and levels of physical activity, and screening them periodically for Alzheimer’s disease. After an average of five years, 282 cases of Alzheimer’s were (diagnosed). Those who followed the (healthiest) diets were 40 percent less likely to develop Alzheimer’s than those with the worst diets, and those who got the most exercise were 37 percent less likely to develop the disease than those who got (none). But the greatest benefits occurred in those who both ate healthy and remained active. Participants who scored in the top one-third for both diet and exercise were 59 percent less likely to be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s than those who (scored) in the lowest (one-third). (While) one in 5 participants with the lowest scores developed Alzheimer’s, (fewer) than one in 10 of the top scorers developed the disease.
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